31/10/2011 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at 10, the turmoil at St Paul's Cathedral claims its second

high-profile victim. The Dean of St Paul's resigns as the protest by

anti-capitalists continues and the Church expresses it shock at the

latest news. If I regard this as a tragedy for a man who has served

very... And a very distinguished wave. We all have the latest from

St Paul's on plans to remove the protesters from the site. Also,

ministers allocate nearly �1 billion to companies in England to

safeguard many thousands of jobs. In Greece, the Prime Minister

announces a referendum on the latest measures to raise taxes and

cut spending. Russian billionaire Roman

Abramovich tells the court in London he did not betray a business

associate. Adopting children apart the process

is too slow in many areas and should become tense to be reviewed.

And the desecration of Britain's more memorials in the search for a

quick buck. I will be here with Sportsday later

in the owl on the BBC News Channel, including all the goals from

tonight's Premier League match Good evening. The crisis at St

Paul's has deepened with the resignation of the Dean, one of the

most influential figures in the Church of England. The Right

Reverend Graeme Knowles has faced criticism for his response to the

protest by anti-capitalist demonstrators outside the cathedral.

For the latest tonight, we can join religious affairs correspondent

Robert Pigott, who is at St Paul's. Huw, I have discovered in the last

hour or so that the protesters here at St Paul's will be given 48 hours

to leave, notice of addiction tomorrow. They will be given 48

hours to clear their tents and equipment from this site. It is the

legal action which could end in violence, one of the issues which

led to the resignation of the team today.

Yesterday, only hours from his resignation, the Dean's body

language betrayed the enormous pressure he was under, visibly

uncomfortable as he asked protesters to give St Paul's the

space to pursue social justice in his own way. I find it quite

difficult that you assume that I do not hold the same views as you,

simply because I do not use the same methods of expressing my views

as you. Then, today, the news that a shocked the whole church, a

statement from the Dean read by a colleague saying he was going with

immediate effect. It has become increasingly clear to me that, as

criticism of the cathedral has mounted in the press, media and in

public opinion, my position as Dean of St Paul's was becoming untenable.

The activists, protesting about the effects on the poor of an economic

crisis they say was created by banks, insist they never wanted the

resignation. I think everyone here is really shocked. I am personally

extremely saddened he has felt that he had to step down. What we want

to do is get back to the issues, that is what he and the bishops

said when we met with him on the steps of St Paul's. In times when

there is a certain amount of pressure going around, I think in

some cases it is a good show of honour to resign. But the Dean has

ultimate responsibility for St Paul's. He chairs the chapter, made

up of a registrar and canons, and they control day-to-day management

of the cathedral. The important task of fund-raising belongs to the

foundation, on which the Dean has a seat. Six of the other nine

trustees have links with the world The Bishop of London will take over

the Dean's duties. He said the resignation was tragic and had

saddened and shocked him. But he insisted there had never been any

influence from financial institutions. I would also like to

refute very strongly the suggestion that what is behind all of this is

money. I mean, that has been repeatedly said in reporting this

situation, and I think it is very unfortunate that that impression

has got around. Those built of human flesh and those built of

stone... Whatever the pressures, the Dean of England's principal

cathedral has been forced out of office by public protest. Graeme

Knowles said the issues he faced were insurmountable. There is no

sign tonight that the protesters will leave. The Dean's departure

might do little to ease St Paul's agony.

Well, is this crisis deepening at Ed Balls? How do you seek his

impact on the wider Church of England? -- at St Paul's?

changes in the awkward position of taking a law against people who are

effectively, although they have a widespread and varied agenda, have

a concern for the poor and marginalised as their common theme.

It raises awkward questions about whether the Church is a temple of

stone, like St Paul's, or whether it is a community of people who are

looking out for the poor. Graeme Knowles may be point that it is

both, the community of people and a place where spectacular worship is

held. That argument has fallen on sterile ground, it has been unable

to compete with the image of the magnificent church and the tents

outside, and the competition for attention has been on the side of

the campaigners. Now we have legal action which could end in forcible

removal, it could end in violence, and that is when the Church's

reputation would begin to suffer. Thank you very much, Robert Pigott

at St Paul's Cathedral. Ministers have announced which

companies in England will receive part of �950 million from the

Regional Growth Fund. Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, said the

money would create or safeguard hundreds of thousands of jobs, but

Labour says the government is failing to grasp the extent of the

problem and made new pessimistic predictions for the state of the

economy. -- and made. James Landale has more details.

Looking for growth, that is what Nick Clegg was doing today,

announcing where �950 million of public money would be invested in

businesses over the next three years to encourage private

investment. As with 36 million coming to the steel plant in his

Sheffield constituency. But they were not always smiling here. Last

year the Deputy Prime Minister was attacked for blocking an �80

million loan to the same company, Sheffield Forgemasters, as part of

government cuts to tackle the deficit. Now he says this cash is

available and will make a difference. This is very exciting,

it is a fund where we use taxpayers' money, and for every �1

of taxpayers' money, the private sector put up about �6, and that

will create and safeguard 325,000 jobs in areas like this, areas

which for too long we dependent, under Labour, on handouts from

Whitehall. Just down the road in Sheffield, this company supplies

and reconditioned electrical parts for cars. It employs 14 people, and

the boss says he is struggling to find credit. Getting finance is

always difficult. If you do not need it, you can get as much as you

want. When there is a slight bit of risk, it seems they want everything,

they want your house, everything put into it. In all, the 119 firms

and projects getting loans operate in a global economy, and the news

from there is bleak. In May, the OECD's said the eurozone would

provide 2% next year. Today it slashed that forecast to just 0.3%.

At an engineering firm in Derbyshire, Labour's leader

attacked the government from cutting tax rates and investment

and machinery and said these grants were too little, too late. We have

got a perfect storm in our economy of higher unemployment, high

inflation. We see energy bills going up, and we see pay at the top

going up by 50% while everyone else's living standards are being

squeezed. I do not think the government has come to grips with

the scale of the problem. latest figures showing how little

the economy has grown are out tomorrow, and a few here at the

Treasury already know the numbers. Some ministers are hoping for

better news, but few expect the underlying position to change

fundamentally. Namely, there's very little growth in the system, and

the government is under pressure to act. But for the top of France and

speeding up spending projects, ministers know the fate of the

economy may hang on what is decided here in Cannes at the G20 summit

where Europe's leaders will try to fix the eurozone.

Well, tonight they are new question-marks over the latest EU

deal to resolve the debt crisis. Greece has decided to hold a

referendum on the latest package of austerity measures, and a "no" vote

could shatter the carefully constructed rescue plan. Gavin

Hewitt is in Brussels tonight. Let's what is at stake and had his

plan for a referendum is being viewed. -- how this plan. Well,

suddenly we have new uncertainty. The Greek Prime Minister has

embarked on a high-stakes gamble by calling for a vote of confidence

and, more importantly, a referendum when the Greek people will be asked

whether they support the new EU rescue plan or do they rejected.

Why has he done this? Since he left last week and returned to Greece,

there have been ugly demonstrations, with the Greek President being

called a traitor, being heckled. Polls suggest that 60% of the Greek

people do not support the EU rescue plan. Now, the referendum will

probably take place in a few weeks' time, or in the new year. The Greek

prime minister will tell them that a "no" vote would lead to a

national catastrophe, but the Greek mood is very uncertain, and if they

were to reject the EU rescue plan, that would lead to political

instability, but it would also further crucially delayed any hope

of resolving the eurozone debt The US financial broker MF Global

has filed for bankruptcy protection in America partly because of its

exposure to the eurozone debt prices. The company, which employs

2000 people, 600 and London, is attempting to sell some of its

assets to a rival. Barclays has reported a 5% rise in

profits for the three months to September, helped by continued

cost-cutting, while profits rose at its UK retail banking business,

they fell at its main investment banking arm. The company's

performance was significantly better than most City analysts had

predicted. Roman Abramovich, the Russian

billionaire, has been defending himself up a High Court in London

against accusations that he betrayed a business rival. The

accusation is made by Boris Berezovsky, who claims that he was

bullied, in effect, it is selling oil shares at a fraction of their

worth. Luisa Baldini has the story, and a report does contain flash

Mr Abramovich arrived at court looking relaxed and confident. The

45-year-old is the third richest person in the UK with an estimated

fortune of over �10 billion. He bought Chelsea Football Club in

2003 and has the ear of the Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin.

Suing in his 65-year-old Boris Berezovsky. It is believed he is

worth �500 million, and although politically powerful in the 1990s,

he fell out with Vladimir Putin and now lives in exile in Britain.

Their argument is over a Russian oil company. Mr Berezovsky claimed

that Mr Abramovich threatened in it is selling his shares five fraction

of their value. He is suing for breach of trusts. Mr Abramovich

denies the accusations. He says the two men whenever business partners

but that he paid Mr Berezovsky as a sort of power-broker. In statements

submitted to the court, he said, I was not his protege, he was not my

mentor. I was quite surprised by his extravagant lifestyle, but I

was never interested in imitating his lifestyle. Neither of the

participants is particularly popular among the Russian public,

because both represent the kind of Russia that most of us would rather

not associate with, the secretive, security obsessed, obscenely

wealthy. Indeed, this is a case about two men have got extremely

rich after the collapse of the Soviet Union, for warm yachts and

private planes are the norm, but it is also about the power struggles

in modern Russia. Mr Abramovich is usually a very private publicity

shy person, but here in court, between his cross-examination at

the publication of all his witness statements in both English and

Russian, like is being shed on Abramovich, the man, his money and

his manner of doing business. Is expected to give evidence for

several more days. -- he is Coming up:

Protecting Britain's war memorials from the metal thieve who is spot a

quick profit. It is disgusting, really. The only

reason they can come here and do that is because of the people on

there who gave their lives so that we can have the open society that

we have got in this country. Adoption experts say that they are

unhappy with a league table that shows how quickly children in care

in different parts of England are placed with families. David Cameron

promised tough action against the - - against the local authorities

considered slow, including having their services taken over by more

effective authorities. Our children in -- are children in

care waiting too long to be adopted? Not just babies, but older

children and sibling groups too? The Government thinks that they are.

3,050 children were waiting to be adopted last year.

They waited on average seven months. Roger and Helen know all about the

frustrations of adoption. They got a negative response from their

local council so went through an agency. They adopted three siblings.

The local authority approach is a set of demands you are expected to

ply with. They were critical if you did not understand what they wanted

you to do, or had a difficulty with the hoops you were expected to jump

through. The Government thinks that too many

councils are limiting the pool of rejecting adopters by rejecting

them because of age or ethnicity. So it has ranked the councils. The

league tables show that York, south signside and Hartlepool came top

over the three years with families in the legal timescale of 12 months.

Hackney and Brent came bottom on speed.

On average children are waiting two-and-a-half years. That is not

good enough. There is a massive gap between the practise of best

authorities and the worst. We knead a culture change to be more pro-

adoption for many children, it is the right answer.

Adoption is one fr the most emotive issues, the vast majority of

children in care will have experienced neglect or abuse. Many

say that the situation is too slow, but that the decisions on adoption

cannot be rushed. Officials in charge in Hackney, where adoption

takes longer, say that those adoptions that do take place are

strong and lasting, that is what counts.

We make a placement that lasts. We don't make placements that break

down. We are concerned about timing this. We have worked hard to get

the right people for the right children, we do it as fast as we

can. Ministers have focused on speed, but with one in five

adoptions breaking down, support for the families in the months

after they adopt a child is critical too.

Now within a few days, the leaders of the world's richest nations, the

G20 are to gather in France, faced with growing uncertainty about the

prospect of economic renewal. Hopes are pinned on the so-called BRIC

nations, that is Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Among those India is on track to be the biggest nation on Earth, but

can its economy maintain that momentum? We have been finding out.

The numbers are overwhelming. Each month India's population grows

by another 1.3 million people. It could be a curse. Yet some think

that so many young Indians entering the world could have benefits too.

India is on course to have the world's largest population. Could

it also have the largest economy? We are going to find out and take a

journey in one of India's icons, this Ambassador car. Our first stop

is another icon, but this one now far from home.

India has become the biggest market in the world for Britain's JCB, it

has its largest factory here. Could other match its success in India?

The opportunities are tremendous. What is important is perseverence,

staying on the ground, staying committed.

India is already the world's fourth biggest economy, behind only the US,

China and Japan. It is growing at 8% a year, only China is faster. It

is the third biggest investor in the UK. The ace card is the young

population. More than 600 million under 25, if it can harness their

energy and drive. Next stop, a place where younger

Indians are helping to build foundations. Designing houses in

Delhi for people in Dover and Doncaster.

The owner grew up in Britain, but saw better opportunities here.

As a studio we have adopted an outsourcing model, almost. We are

outsourcing work from India to the UK and from the UK to India. In

essence, yes, we are creating jobs in the UK by having a studio in

India. But India still has its own way of

doing business. There are big retailers like tesow and Wal-Mart

have found, it is not yet sure it wants to let the whole world N

corruption and other infrastructure problems keep other investors away.

That is the thing about the Indian economy, some say it is like this

old car, the make verse kept it going for more than 50 years,

adapting it as much as they can, but it can only go so far and so

fast without falling apart. One more baby born in India. This

one named today is the 7 billionth in the world. A blessing that could

help it become an economic superpower or the burden that holds

India back? The interim leadership in Libya has named a new Prime

Minister, a businessman from Tripoli. He beat eight other

candidates in a poll held by the National Transitional Council. He

is to run Libya's transitional government but pave the way for

general elections. UNESCO, the cultural organisation has voted in

favour of admitting Palestine as a full member despite strong

opposition from the United States and Israel. In response, the

Americans are withdrawing their funding of UNESCO and will veto any

attempt to gain recognition as a full member state at the UN.

Ladies and gentlemen, the general conference has voted to adopt a

draft resolution and decided to admit Palestine as member of the

UNESCO. Palestinians and their supporters

here could hardly contain their delight. This is the first UN body

that Palestine has been admitted to. They see it as a small step on the

road to stayedhood. Britain had abstained with many other European

countries, while Israel, no surprise, and the US, voted against.

UNESCO deals in science, not science fiction, however, a large

number of states have adopted the science fiction version of this

reality, by admitting a nonexistent state.

With peace talks stalled and the Palestinians are pushing for

international recognition at the UN. Next month in north, the Security

Council is due to vote on whether to admit Palestine as a full member

state. The fact that we became members of

UNESCO, it is the beginning to really establish new facts on the

grounds. It does not mean that we are there, but it means that

Palestine deserves to have a place on the map.

UNESCO is best known for helping to promote world heritage sights from

the tyre of London to Timbuktu. It also supports scientific and

educational projects around the world. This is a symbolic victory

to the Palestinians, but at what cost to the organisation? The

Americans pay over 20% of UNESCO's yearly budget, but that has now

been cut. Laws in the UN prevents them from providing to any agency

that accepts Palestine as a full member. UNESCO warns that some of

its work, such as literary programmes in Afghanistan and Iraq

could be at risk. It is my responsibility to say that

I'm concerned by the potential challenges that may arise to the

universality and the financial stability of the organisation.

The Palestinians can now apply for world heritage status for sites

like the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Israel says that the

move has set back the prospects for peace, but the Palestinians see it

as an important vote of confidence from the international community.

As Remembrance Day approaches, the focus is once again on the nations

war memorials, but this year's ceremony risks being affected by

the damage done by thieves and vandals. The soaring price of

metals is one of the reasons for the plaques being stolen.

A campaign has been launched to stop this happening.

You can see the damage on the corner, where they have ripped them

away. Once there is one out, you can remove the rest of them.

This place of remembrance last month it became a crime scene. In

the middle of the night ITVs came to Carshalton, south of London and

crowbarred off the metal plaques. With them went the names of more

than 700 young men killed fighting for their country. For the locals

it is an attack on the community and on a monument as relevant today

as it ever was. It is not right. The reason they

can come here is so that the people on there gave their lives so that

we can have this open society. But it is thought that at least one

memorial is week is vandalised or stolen, but the plaques here

probably only fetched as little as �50. Memorials became wide spread

only after the First World War, the Cenotaph in London was originally

built out of wood and plaster as a temporary structure, but the public,

still grieving for the dead, demanded more permanent ways of

marking their loss. Now they're becoming victims of the global rise

in metal prices. Here, the police search through a scrapyard for

stolen materials sold to unscrupulous dealers who melt it

down and stel on again. That comes up clearly.

-- and sell it on again. But this week a new campaign has

been launched to trace the UK's memorials and mark them.

That bright green is unique, the police know what they are looking

for. If that is found in a scrapyard, in a thieve's house or

on his tools, he has questions to answer.

Carshalton will replace what is lost, although in stone, but for